xiii, 284 pages : 25 cm

Translation of Karsthydrographie und physische Speläologie

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-260) and index

KARSTIFIABLE ROCKS: Evaporites -- Carbonate rocks: limestone and dolomite -- PROCESSES OF DISSOLUTION OF KARSTIFIABLE ROCKS, CORROSION: Dissolution of gypsum and rock salt -- Dissolution of carbonate rocks -- Karst denudation -- A GENERAL VIEW OF EXOKARS: Karren, the small solution feature -- Small, closed hollows in karst -- Corrosion plains -- Fluvial karst forms: karst valleys, dry valleys -- Glacial karst -- Poljes -- ENDOKARST AND KARST HYDROLOGY: The origin of the water in endokarst -- PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR OF KARST WATER: Hydrological perviousness - Karst hydrological activity - Velocity of flow -- Catchment area — Local base level -- Shallow and deep karst -- Pressure flow - Gravitational flow; the cave river -- Piezometric surface -- Poljes as karst-hydrological regulating factors -- THE KARST HYDROLOGICAL ZONES: Vadose zone -- Phreatic zone -- KARST WATER — GROUNDWATER: Underground water -- “Karst Barre” -- Blocked karst -- UNDERGROUND KARST LEVELS: The cave level of the piezometric-surface type — evolution level -- Cave levels according to the type of river-bed -- KARST SPRINGS: Classification of karst springs -- Vauclusian springs and other large karst springs -- Periodic springs - Ebb and flow springs (intermittent springs) -- Subaqueous springs -- Physicochemical properties of the water of a karst spring -- TRACERS: Tracers -- The tracer-diagram -- INCASION, BREAKDOWN -- SPELEOMORPHOLOGY, THE WORLD OF FORMS CREATED BY THE SUBTERRANEAN REMOVAL OF MATTER: Large forms -- Small forms -- CAVE SEDIMENTS: Clastic sediments -- Organic sediments -- Chemical sdiments -- SPELEOGENETICS: The role of joints and bedding interstices in speleogenetics -- The development from interstice to cave passage under phreatic conditions -- The development to a cave level -- Primary and secondary vadose cave formation -- Widening of interstices -- Phases in the development of cavities -- SPELEOMETEROLOGY — SPELEOCLIMATOLOGY: Movement of air in caves -- Cave temperatures -- Humidity of the air -- ICE CAVES -- CLASSIFICATION OF UNDERGROUND CAVITIES: Definition of cave -- Genetic classification -- Geological-petrographical classification -- Classification according to size -- Classification according to prominent characteristics

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